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The Seafarer §107-108

Edited by Tarrin Wills

bið ‘is’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

beon (verb; anom verb): to be

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se ‘that one’

nom. m. sg.

se (pron.; demonst): the, that

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leofaþ ‘lives’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

libban (verb; wk verb): live, exist

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cymeð ‘comes’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

cuman (verb; Class 4 strong verb): come, arrive

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him ‘to him ’

dat. m. sg.

he (pron.; pers pron): he, she, it

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seo ‘the’

nom. f. sg.

se (pron.; demonst): the, that

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heofonum ‘the heavens’

dat. pl.

heofon (noun m.; masc noun): heaven

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him ‘for him’

dat. m. sg.

he (pron.; pers pron): he, she, it

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gestaþelað ‘makes steadfast’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

staþelian (verb; wk verb): establish, found

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gelyfeð ‘believes’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

geliefan (verb; wk verb): believe, trust, believe in

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Eadig bið se þe eaþmod leofaþ;
cymeð him seo ar of heofonum,
meotod him þæt mod gestaþelað,
forþon he in his meahte gelyfeð.

106The Seafarer109-115a

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